The corona pandemic will also affect the working life of Danes on the other side of the New Year.
Therefore, the government has decided to extend a number of schemes that help employees, employers and the self-employed until 31 March 2021. They were otherwise due to expire at the turn of the year.
This is stated by the Ministry of Employment in a press release.
One of the schemes that is being extended is the possibility of receiving maternity benefits for parents if their children are infected with coronavirus or repatriated as close contact.
Both employees and the self-employed will now still be able to receive maternity benefits for ten days per child. This applies to children up to and including 13 years.
However, it is a condition that the parents must meet the maternity law’s conditions for entitlement to unemployment benefits – and that they do not have care days, time off or sick days that they could use to look after the children.
In addition, a scheme for people who are at increased risk of having a long or severe course of the disease when infected with corona is extended.
They will continue to be able to receive sickness benefits until 31 March during periods when they are unable to attend work due to the risk of infection.
The right of employers to receive reimbursement from the first day of absence for employees who are infected or in quarantine is also extended.
There is broad political support for the extension of the schemes, says Minister of Employment Peter Hummelgaard (S).
“It will be some time before we get rid of the coronavirus, and it is important that we can continue to help employees, employers and the self-employed with some of the challenges posed by this whole extraordinary situation in the labor market,” he said in a press release. .
– The schemes are an expression of the fact that there is flexibility from all parties so that everyday life can go up, and I really appreciate that there is that understanding.
In total, the schemes are expected to cost around DKK 500 million.